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Orcas for Architects

Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2008, NET 3.5, Software Architecture, Jeff Barnes

If your job as a Software Architect is to research and exploit technology to help achieve business results.
Then you need to take a look at what has just been released in Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 framework.   

Here is just a short list of the many new features you need to understand and explore to be able to fully leverage
these new capabilities in your environment:

Overview of VS2008 & NET 3.5

- Multi-targeting support

- C# 3.0 enhancements

- VB 9.0 enhancements

Silverlight 1.1 development

"LINQ"ing into your data

Exploit the DLR languages

New features for enabling SOA services:

- Windows Communication Foundation

- Windows Workflow Foundation

- Workflow Services (WCF & WF)

- make your sites safer with Card Space

Windows Client development with WPF

Web Enhancements

- ASP.NET AJAX

- VS2008 Web Development environment improvements

Microsoft Office Development

SharePoint Workflow Development

Mobile Development

Optimize Online, Enable Offline with SQL Server Compact and Sync Services for ADO.NET

The Client Continuum

Here is a link to my 1 hour overview talk - take a look and see what what's in it for you:

Orcas for Architects - 6.5 meg

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    November 21, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2007
    This would be a great video to put on the net a la Scott Hanselman or Channel 9.